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As a journalist she is currently the film critic for Harpers And Queen and has a weekly dilemma column in The Observer Magazine, while her book reviews and travel pieces appear regularly in the press. She has also been a member of the Booker-Mann Prize panel.
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Cover of The Dust Diaries by Owen Sheers.
Listen to Owen Sheers interview
Listen to Reading Clinic - Russian novels
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The Reading Clinic:
Do you have a problem that concerns books? If so, Open Book's Reading Clinic wants to hear from you.
For instance, do you have a partner who never reads and want some suggestions as to what might entice them in to the world of literature?
Are there some books or genres that you have never managed to get your head round and to which you'd like an introduction?
What book do you give to the person who has read everything?
Where do I start with Proust?
What book should I take on a long train journey?
How do you get teenage boys to read?
If you want a full and frank discussion of your particular literary conundrum, then Open Book's Reading Clinic can prescribe the right book for you.
Please contact Open Book here with your literary ailment, giving as many details as you can including a daytime contact number if possible.
This week's programme:
Owen Sheers talks about ‘The Dust Diaries’, an intriguing mix of biography, fiction and travel writing – which tells the story of an obscure relative, a maverick missionary to Rhodesia at the turn of the last century. How do writers get the voices right in fiction? Andrea Levy explains how the voices of her protagonists filled her head as she wrote her new novel and Patricia Duncker nominates writers with the best ear for dialogue. Plus, a guide to reading John Updike and the latest referral to the Open Book reading Clinic.
List of Books
Books by Owen Sheers:
The Dust Diaries (Faber & Faber)
His poetry collection is The Blue Book (Seren).
Russian Novels Reading Clinic:
The Queen of Spades and Other Stories by Alexander Pushkin and others (Oxford World Classics)
Hero of our Times by M. IU Lermontov (New English Library)
Selected Stories by Anton Chekhov (Wordsworth)
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin trans. Clarence Brown (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov trans. Michael Glenny (Harvill Press)
Books by Andrea Levy:
Every Light In The House Burnin’ (Review)
Never Far From Nowhere (Review)
Fruit of the Lemon (Review)
Her latest novel is Small Island (Review)
The Voices feature also included an excerpt from James Kelman's How Late It Was, How Late (Vintage).
A Reader’s Guide to John Updike:
Rabbit, Run (Deutsch)
Rabbit Redux (Penguin)
Rabbit Is Rich (Penguin)
Rabbit At Rest (Penguin)
Licks of Love: Short Stories and a Sequel, 'Rabbit Remembered' (Penguin)
The Coup (Penguin)
Couples (Penguin)
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